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45 David
said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin,
but I come against you in the name of the Lord
Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will hand you over to me, and I'll
strike you down and cut off your head. Today I will give the carcasses of the
Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and the
whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. 47 All those gathered here will
know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord
saves; for the battle is the Lord's,
and he will give all of you into our hands.”
1 Samuel 17:45-47 (NIV)
1 O Lord, the king rejoices in your
strength. How great is his joy in the victories you give! 2 You have granted him the
desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips.
Psalms 21:1-2 (NIV)
6 I do
not trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory; 7 but you give us victory over
our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame. 8 In God we make our boast all
day long, and we will praise your name forever.
Psalms 44:6-8 (NIV)
11 Give
us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless. 12 With God we will gain the
victory, and he will trample down our enemies.
Psalms 60:11-12 (NIV)
4 for
everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome
the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes
that Jesus is the Son of God.
1 John 5:4-5 (NIV)
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“Sometimes the enemy seems to get an
advantage over us; but the battle is not over yet. At last thou shalt
have the victory, and carry the day for all that. In hard struggles
remember the power of Christ, who, in his resurrection, broke through everything.
With him thou canst also break through, and be more than conqueror. Yea,
in every conflict, if thy faith be firm, thou canst be sure of victory
beforehand; for faith engages Christ’s power, and his power ensureth victory;
it is as impossible for thine enemies to keep thee always in bonds, as it was
impossible that Christ could be kept in the grave by the stone, seal, and
keepers. Nay, the greater their force is, the more glorious will be the
victory of Christ over them.” K. H. Von Bogatzky
“A
primary qualification for serving God with any amount of success, and for doing
God’s work well and triumphantly, is a sense of our own weakness. When God’s warrior marches forth to battle,
strong in his own might, when he boasts, ‘I know that I shall conquer, my own
right arm and my conquering sword shall get unto me the victory’, defeat is not
far distant. God will not go forth with
that man who marches in his own strength.
He who reckoneth on victory thus has reckoned wrongly, for ‘it is not by
might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts’. They who go forth to fight, boasting of their
prowess, shall return with their gay banners trailed in the dust, and their
armour stained with disgrace. Those who
serve God must serve Him in His own way, and in His strength, or He will never
accept their service. That which man
doth, unaided by divine strength, God can never own. The mere fruits of the earth He casteth away;
He will only reap that corn, the seed of which was sown from heaven, watered by
grace, and ripened by the sun of divine love.
God will empty out all that thou hast before He will put His own into
thee; He will first clean out the granaries before He will fill them with the
finest of the wheat……Your emptiness is but the preparation for your being
filled, and your casting down is but the making ready for your lifting up.” C. H. Spurgeon
“Though assaults
be many, and my enemies mighty, if God strengthen me, I have enough to comfort
me; for the greater my enemy, the more glorious my victory; and the more
glorious my victory, the more triumphant my glory.” K.H. Von Bogatzky
“Are
you fighting with the adversary today?
Are Satan, the world, and the flesh, all against you? Be not discouraged nor dismayed. Fight on!
For God Himself is with you; Jehovah Nissi is your banner, and Jehovah
Rophi is the healer of your wounds. Fear
not, you shall overcome, for who can defeat Omnipotence? Fight on, ‘looking unto Jesus;’ and though
long and stern be the conflict, sweet will be the victory, and glorious the
promised reward.” Charles H. Spurgeon
“A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing; our
helper he amid the flood of mortal ills prevaling. For still our ancient foe doth
seek to work us woe; his craft and power are great, and armed with cruel hate, on
earth is not his equal. Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would
be losing, were not the right man on our side, the man of God's own choosing. Dost
ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is
he; Lord Sabaoth, his name, from age to age the same, and he must win the
battle. And though this world, with
devils filled, should threaten to undo us, we will not fear, for God hath
willed his truth to triumph through us. The
Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him; his rage we can endure, for
lo, his doom is sure; one little word shall fell him. That word above all earthly powers, no thanks
to them, abideth; the Spirit and the gifts are ours, thru him who with us sideth.
Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also; the body they may kill;
God's truth abideth still; his kingdom is forever.” Martin Luther
HEART
SAVOR
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With
God there is sure victory.
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We
are more than conquerors through Him who loves us.
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My
confidence is not in man but God.
